Quotes by Sharan Burrow

I've had an enormously privileged working life.

Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel.

We need to decarbonise our societies and economies.

#MeToo shows this bias is systemic, that people get away with violence against women, get away with discrimination - whether in work or society in general - because, for too long, silence has been the answer.

You can't deny that if you have, you know, people who think it's okay to talk about women, to disregard the rights of workers, we're in trouble as an inclusive world.

Collective bargaining, and the fundamental human right, freedom of association, is seen as an anathema to American business, and people just - it doesn't seem to register that there's no universal social safety net that people can touch.

There is a great deal of sympathy amongst workers for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We understand their frustration.

If you put stimulus into an economy, you know there is a time lag in terms of depending where you invest it. If it's family transfers, it might be quick. If it's infrastructure, it might be two, three, five years.

You cannot fuel demand, or consumption-led demand, on credit forever.

The corporate community understands the need for rules. Indeed, it argues for regulation to protect intellectual property, physical property rights, and contract law. So why does it oppose global regulation to protect people and the environment?